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Jaewoo Shin

Veronika Bedenko

Laura Rockwood

August 30, 2021

Applicability Of The JCPOA Experience To The Korean Peninsula Crisis Resolution

This paper explores what lessons can be drawn from the process and framework of the negotiations on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that might be applicable to crisis resolution on the Korean Peninsula. Particular focus is put on aspects related to conflict mediation and trust-buildin...

Katsuhisa Furukawa

August 17, 2021

Food Insecurity in the DPRK in 2021

The report analyses information available in the open source domain about the DPRK's food insecurity.

August 06, 2021

ONN Director Laura Rockwood and ONN analyst Veronika Bedenko at KAIST NEREC Conference on Nuclear Nonproliferation 2021

At the KAIST NEREC Conference on Nuclear Nonproliferation 2021, ONN Director Laura Rockwood gave a keynote speech on the topic of Nuclear Nonproliferation Challenges 2021: What we see and what we can do. ONN analyst Veronika Bedenko presented preliminary research results of ONN's project on lessons...

July 30, 2021

New video from the Perspectives on Peace series with ONN Administrative Manager Marion Linger

In a new video from the Perspectives on Peace series ONN Administrative Manager Marion Linger talks about peace from her unique lens coming from a German-speaking minority in Northern Italy.

Veronika Bedenko

July 27, 2021

ONN Monitoring Report: Activities Continue at the Abandoned 50 MWe Reactor at Yongbyon

In the monitoring report on the 50 MWe Reactor at Yongbyon from 9 July 2021, ONN noted that the roof of one of the buildings adjacent to the main reactor hall had been removed

Matthew Frank

July 26, 2021

Continued Construction Activities at Yusang-ni Missile Base

The Yusang-ni Missile Base is one of the largest and most recently completed North Korean missile bases and reportedly hosts a number of ballistic missile systems. Recent imagery from June 2021 indicates that some relatively minor construction continues at the facility, with a number of old building...

Tianran Xu

July 26, 2021

New Constructions at the Chamjin Missile Factory

The Chamjin Missile Factory, also known as the Thaesong Machine Plant, is an important facility for ballistic missile production in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

July 22, 2021

"North Yongbyon 'New Movement'... Demolition of a Closed 50MW Nuclear Reactor? Repair?" by Jang Yong-seok for News1 Korea

News1 Korea highlights research from ONN Analyst Veronika Bedenko.

July 22, 2021

Getting to Peace Using Open Source Data

The world is complex enough when everyone is operating with the same set of underlying facts on any given topic. When those facts are hidden or manipulated, overcoming intractable conflict becomes nearly impossible. Sharing open source data among adversarial governments, within governments, and betw...

Tianran Xu

July 14, 2021

New Construction at the Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground

This report is a work product for the Korean Peninsula monitoring project, which aims to provide situation awareness about the Korean Peninsula. This particular report is about changes ONN detected from satellite images at North Korea's Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground.

July 09, 2021

ONN Engagement Network Members Featured at Annual Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity 2021

On the 24th and 25th of June, the annual Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity 2021 took place on the theme of “Sustainable Peace and Inclusive Prosperity”.

July 09, 2021

Laura Rockwood, Matthew Frank, Jaewoo Shin for The National Interest: "Is North Korea at Its Breaking Point? Not Yet."

ONN Director Laura Rockwood and ONN Analysts Matthew Frank and Jaewoo Shin contributed an op-ed to The National Interest on the topic of crisis stability in North Korea.

Veronika Bedenko

July 09, 2021

ONN Monitoring Report: New Activity at Abandoned 50 MWe Reactor at Yongbyon

Analysis of satellite imagery from June 2021 revealed new activity at the abandoned 50 MWe reactor at Yongbyon, Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

July 09, 2021

ONN Director Laura Rockwood at European Parliament's Korea Delegation Meeting

Director Rockwood briefed members of the Parliament on the current situation on the Peninsula. She also introduced ONN’s approach to conflict de-escalation on the Korean Peninsula and offered a number of recommendations for nuclear risk reduction.

July 07, 2021

Tianran Xu for The National Interest: "China's Strategic Competition Influences Negotiations with North Korea"

ONN Analyst Xu Tianran wrote that while collaboration on North Korean issues could serve as a bargaining chip or a moderator in China-U.S. relations.

July 01, 2021

Jaewoo Shin Interviewed by Deutsche Welle News on Most Recent Developments in US-DPRK Relations

ONN analyst Jaewoo Shin was recently featured in Deutsche Welle News commenting on the most recent developments in US-DPRK relations.

Tianran Xu

June 26, 2021

Termination of the Revised ROK Missile Guidelines: Assessment of China's and DPRK's Reactions

During the State visit of the President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Moon Jae-in to Washington, D.C. in May 2021, the United States agreed to terminate the 1979 Missile Guidelines.

Tianran Xu

April 16, 2021

Ballistic Missile Submarines and Submarine-launched Ballistic Missiles of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

This factsheet offers a brief introduction to the ballistic missile submarines of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the associated submarine-launched ballistic missiles.